Japan Info Swap Blog

Japan is at the top of the list of countries that face the most danger from earthquakes. Geologists talk about the subduction of the restless Philippine Sea plate that lies beneath the Okinawa plate and the Amurian plate that triggers high-intensity earthquakes. Many cities of Japan carry sad memories of earthquakes that have ravaged their region. Not all of Japan’s most destructive earthquakes come from those offshore plate boundaries, however. Some of the worst have struck directly beneath cities, …